The 4th Asian Film Awards was given in a ceremony on 22 March 2010 as part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival. Nominees and winners Best Film Winner: Mother (South Korea) City of Life and Death (China) Lola (Philippines) Parade (Japan) No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (Taiwan) Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong) Best Director Winner: Lu Chuan, City of Life and Death (China) Brillante Mendoza, Lola (Philippines) Yonfan, Prince of Tears (Hong Kong/Taiwan) Sono Sion, Love Exposure (Japan) Bong Joon-ho, Mother (South Korea) Asghar Farhadi, About Elly (Iran) Best Actor Winner: Wang Xueqi, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong) Asano Tadanobu, Villon's Wife (Japan) Huang Bo, Cow (China) Song Kang-ho, Thirst (South Korea) Matsumoto Hitoshi, Symbol (Japan) Best Actress Winner: Kim Hye-ja, Mother (South Korea) Li Bingbing, The Message (China) Bae Doona, Air Doll (Japan) Sandrine Pinna, Yang Yang (Taiwan) Matsu Takako, Villon's Wife (Japan) Best Newcomer Winner: Ng Meng Hui, At the End of Daybreak (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea) Zhu Xuan, Prince of Tears (Taiwan/Hong Kong) Li Yuchun, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong) Kim Sae-ron, A Brand New Life (South Korea) Sonam Kapoor, Delhi 6 (India) Best Supporting Actor Winner: Nicholas Tse, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong) Eita, Dear Doctor (Japan) Huang Xiaoming, The Message (China) Won Bin, Mother (South Korea) Tou Chung-hua, The Warrior and the Wolf (China) Best Supporting Actress Winner: Kara Hui, At the End of Daybreak (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea) Yan Ni, Cow (China) Kim Kkot-bi, Breathless (South Korea) Ryōko Hirosue, Villon's Wife (Japan) Sakura Ando, A Crowd of Three (Japan) Best Screenwriter Winner: Bong Joon-ho and Park Eun-kyo, Mother (South Korea) Hong Sang-soo, Like You Know It All (South Korea) , Adrift (Vietnam) Wai Ka-fai and Au Kin-yee, Written By (Hong Kong) Asghar Farhadi, About Elly (Iran) Best Cinematographer Winner: Cao Yu, City of Life and Death (China) Cheng Siu-keung, Vengeance (Hong Kong) Chung Chung-hoon, Thirst (South Korea) Ly Thai Dung, Adrift (Vietnam) Jake Pollock, Yang Yang (Taiwan) Best Production Designer Winner: Alain-Pascal Housiaux and Patrick Deche, Face (Taiwan) Kenneth Mak, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong) Hayashida Yuji, Yatterman (Japan) Xiao Haihang, The Message (China) Ryu Seong-hie, Thirst (South Korea) Best Composer Winner: Lo Ta-Yu, Vengeance (Hong Kong) Jang Young-gyu and Lee Byung-hoon, Running Turtle (South Korea) Liu Tong, City of Life and Death (China) Saito Kazuyoshi, Fish Story (film) (Japan) Hoang Ngoc Dai, Adrift (Vietnam) Best Editor Winner: Lee Chatametikool, Karaoke (Malaysia) Kong Chi-leung and